Swinney's

As a Nat blogger I don't consider myself gullible but I do know I'd rather have the finances of Scotland in John Swinney's hands than Gordon Brown's or Alistair Darling's.

The SNP Myth of the £500m cut and related matters Alan Smart 2009

Recently, Swinney's been questioned about his status, all against the backdrop of athletic director Terry Don Phillips contacting potential replacements like former Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin and defensive coordinators Brent Venables of Oklahoma and Bud Foster of Virginia Tech. A few more performances like this out of Spiller, and Swinney could have a lot less to worry about.

USATODAY.com 2008

Clemson's victory gave a boost to Swinney's chances of keeping his job past November.

USATODAY.com 2008

Moving into Winter accept it, resistance is futile, unless it's scarf-related, the Green party leader looks like he may be positioning his party to elbow this home insulation scheme into Swinney's budget, one year later than it perhaps should have been.

Archive 2009-09-01 Jeff 2009

Of course this "matters" but look, with 4 months till the final budget, any reasonable person with a valid concern would book some time in Swinney's diary and hammer out a solution.

Scraping the GARL Jeff 2009

Campbell was the guy who criticised John Swinney's leadership for a prolonged period, ultimately resulting in expulsion from the party.

Prediction - West of Scotland Jeff 2007

Ian Swanson, in today's piece for the Edinburgh Evening News, suggests that now may be the right time to end the National Conversation as part of Swinney's cost-cutting measures:

A premature end to the National Conversation? Jeff 2009

"Mr Swinney's officials had warned that if they abandoned means-testing they would lose out on a large pot of money from the UK budget."

Lagging on lagging Jeff 2009

Either way, good to see Swinney's 33bn package is going to sail through Holyrood.

Archive 2009-01-01 Jeff 2009

Moving into Winter accept it, resistance is futile, unless it's scarf-related, the Green party leader looks like he may be positioning his party to elbow this home insulation scheme into Swinney's budget, one year later than it perhaps should have been.

The Green Moment Jeff 2009